Collection of German, Italian, foreign buckles, full belts, shoulder straps, bandoliers.
Collecting belt buckles is an alternative discourse to the rest of the militaria world, starting from 1700 at least until the end of the Second World War the buckles in addition to the right task of "tightening" the belt, to which they were often attached shoulder straps or shoulder straps, had an aesthetic relevance therefore the soldier or officer wore large golden or silver buckles, more often chiseled, imposing in their size, they had to be noticed.
Like all aspects of uniformology with the passing of the years from ornaments, in some cases even extremely showy, they were privileged as a functional system thus changing shape and colors, less and less showy, but in some cases maintaining a satisfying graphics.
So that we have a whole series of highly graphically valid Italian, French, English and German buckles.
